Overview

• A three-member committee appointed by the Maharashtra government is probing the June 15 collapse of the 30-year-old Kundmala pedestrian bridge, with its report due within two weeks.
• Structural inspections of over 16,000 PWD-managed bridges have identified four additional spans as extremely dangerous, prompting urgent repairs or traffic halts.
• BJP and Shiv Sena (UBT) legislators in the state council urged suspension of negligent officials and immediate issuance of the long-overdue ₹8 crore replacement work order.
• Although funds for a new bridge were sanctioned in late 2023, monsoon season restrictions, election code-of-conduct rules and local design change requests delayed the work order by more than a year and a half.
• Public Works Department Minister Shivendraraje Bhonsle acknowledged that the collapsed bridge had been declared unsafe before the accident and pledged strict action against those found responsible.